Today, we hear increasing news of human and animal encounters in mountain communities in the press. Are humans and animals competing for the same land and how can we mitigate human-wildlife conflict? What do people living next to wildlife need to know?

Join Panthera’s Media Director, Steve Winter, and other speakers on Saturday, November 2nd, at 11:00am, for a special panel on ‘Conflict or Collaboration: Can Humans & Animals Coexist?’ at Canada’s Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Along with Winter, this panel of experts will include Karsten Heuer, President, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative; and Steve Michel, Human Wildlife Conflict Specialist, Parks Canada. The event will be moderated by Mike Gibeau, Conservation Coordinator – SW Alberta, Nature Conservancy of Canada and followed by a stroll among Steve Winter’s Big Cats exhibit.